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and this is the fight that we are having on behalf of our united states postal service. there's been no question that there has been an attack on the postal service. and what happened essentially is a number of years back, under the bush administration, they had this idea to take the postal service and the postal service alone and no other agency in federal government, and make them prepay their retirement systems 75 years into the future. let me give you an example of what that means that means they're prepaying the pension for someone who is not born today, for their retirement a half century down the road. no oragency, no private company would do that. but we are requiring the postal service. so when you hear the postal service is losing money, almost every single dollar of those losses is due to the prepayment of this unusual requirement that only the postal service has to pay. so what happens, the response? clearly, i think this is an attempt to try to privatize the system. to take away a system that i think so many people have relied on for so many years in this co
and this is the fight that we are having on behalf of our united states postal service. there's been no question that there has been an attack on the postal service. and what happened essentially is a number of years back, under the bush administration, they had this idea to take the postal service and the postal service alone and no other agency in federal government, and make them prepay their retirement systems 75 years into the future. let me give you an example of what that means that...
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the clerk: senate 3662, an act to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 6 nichols street in westminster, massachusetts, as the lieutenant ryan patrick jones post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. issa: mr. speaker, on this last or second of last day of this congress, the senate has sent us a naming. although my committee has stopped doing naming, accept in the case of medal of honor recipients, this one is coming over and i believe it is meritorious and the senate has asked us
the clerk: senate 3662, an act to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 6 nichols street in westminster, massachusetts, as the lieutenant ryan patrick jones post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may...
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[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, today we have the privilege of being with us, the united states postal service for a stamp dedication. we are honored to have with us the postmaster general of the united states post service, the honorable patrick donahoe. >> thank you and good morning, everybody. the postal service is proud to join this salute to our country's veterans. i would like to recognize some special guests here today. ms. irene inouye, colonel buckley, the father of one of our postal inspectors, antonio -- who designed the stamps we will see in a couple of minutes, robert fraser, who is a photographer whose image appears on the stamp, -- from the postal service is citizens stamp advisory committee. this memorial is a place to honor heroes. it is where we come to pay tribute to veterans who have sacrificed so much to defend our country and the freedoms we cherish. the postal service also has a role in honoring american heroes. that is through stamps. many stamps tell the story of people who have shaped our history and defined our heritage. today we are dedicating stamps that sal
[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, today we have the privilege of being with us, the united states postal service for a stamp dedication. we are honored to have with us the postmaster general of the united states post service, the honorable patrick donahoe. >> thank you and good morning, everybody. the postal service is proud to join this salute to our country's veterans. i would like to recognize some special guests here today. ms. irene inouye, colonel buckley, the father of one...
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if you look back since -- in 2006, congress forced the united states postal service to prepay health care retirement benefits for people who have not yet been born who might someday go to work for the hostal service. i've had trouble following that. i'd understand it. no one else in america, no other business, no other agency of government, as far as i know, no entity in the world is prepaying the health care -- anticipated health care costs of people who haven't yet been born, let alone if their specific entity, some that might retire and then might need health care but we're making the postal service do that. now, i'm not, but the congress assembled -- deems that. not going to get into one of those midnight special bills in a lame-duck session of congress. so now they're hemorrhaging. well, they're hemorrhaging money. hemorrhaging. oh, my gosh. we got to do away with them. that's the republican line here. they so far have done nothing to either unshackle the post office so we can deal with these problems and in fact encouraged the most destructive instinct of the independent yot wh
if you look back since -- in 2006, congress forced the united states postal service to prepay health care retirement benefits for people who have not yet been born who might someday go to work for the hostal service. i've had trouble following that. i'd understand it. no one else in america, no other business, no other agency of government, as far as i know, no entity in the world is prepaying the health care -- anticipated health care costs of people who haven't yet been born, let alone if...
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if it were enacted i would like to see the united states postal service become a part of helping to verify those individuals coming in. the postal service is being hammered right now, for obvious reasons, and losing money. where do people first come to receive their mail and the like? the u.s. postal to do a great service by documenting individuals coming in. we are setting up things at airports and things like that, i think it is a total waste of money. host: president obama is on route to south africa to see nelson mandela. his daughter is saying -- the international section of open "the new york times" has this -- in other papers this morning, also featuring pictures of president obama, standing at history's door. this picture in "the new york daily news" showing president obama and joined by michelle obama in that doorway. a week-long trip there on his way to meet nelson mandela. about the president's trip -- john in virginia, a republican caller, what are your thoughts on immigration? caller: good morning. i am an ankle print myself -- an immigrant myself. we act like we have no immig
if it were enacted i would like to see the united states postal service become a part of helping to verify those individuals coming in. the postal service is being hammered right now, for obvious reasons, and losing money. where do people first come to receive their mail and the like? the u.s. postal to do a great service by documenting individuals coming in. we are setting up things at airports and things like that, i think it is a total waste of money. host: president obama is on route to...
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states postal service. we have a partnership in the post office with the private sector that is a win-win, but i assure you that we want to make sure that there are safeguards so that what is claimed to be a level of service is in fact verified to be a level of service before any processing center can be close, and i think that is what you would need to insist in the bill and that all of us need to make sure we promised in the bill. i know that alaska has the same concern. they, of course, have bypassed mail. i have been up there. they need to maintain a level of service that is unique, and we need to maintain both of them. that is one of the reasons why the right-sizing in urban areas, of not having processing centers that can see each other, postal centers that can see each other, is something that needs to be worked on, and we think we can maintain a level of service in most of the postal areas. >> i look forward to that. i think you touched on the issues, which is that the standard of service delivery h
states postal service. we have a partnership in the post office with the private sector that is a win-win, but i assure you that we want to make sure that there are safeguards so that what is claimed to be a level of service is in fact verified to be a level of service before any processing center can be close, and i think that is what you would need to insist in the bill and that all of us need to make sure we promised in the bill. i know that alaska has the same concern. they, of course, have...
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send it to the united states postal service. i think it still illegal for them to open your letters and things. so basically this just all boils back to us. if we were so lazy ants cared, we would stand up for our government like we used to do in the past. right, well, most people would have to put on the sports page and read the international section. the problem is people do not pay attention to what the government is doing, and the government know that, so the government tries to get away with as as they can. you did bring up an interesting point though, the point about writing a letter. --nk of how much it will how much of an outrage it would've been in the 1950's, through the 1980's if somebody had proposed a bill in congress or summit he had discovered that the u.s. government had these policy at the post office where everybody's antelope was copied with the address where was going to and the address where it was coming from, the size of the them below, the time it was mailed, where was mailed from, all these records for e
send it to the united states postal service. i think it still illegal for them to open your letters and things. so basically this just all boils back to us. if we were so lazy ants cared, we would stand up for our government like we used to do in the past. right, well, most people would have to put on the sports page and read the international section. the problem is people do not pay attention to what the government is doing, and the government know that, so the government tries to get away...
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i exclusively use the united states postal service or all of my packages and parcels because i am proud of my country and i am not a fancy man. i sent five cards a year to relatives and close friends. i'm also a cigar aficionado. senator coburn is pushing the envelope when he criticizes the postmaster general. i think this guy is doing fine. i elected this man. i want to know what you think is the problem. this guy has a twitter account. he is communicating over the cheapest means possible. i have a good relationship with my mailman. let me get a sense of your stance. you seem like you are playing both sides. guest: i'm trying to provide an overall perspective on complicated issues and where everyone is coming from. if the postal service had more people like you use the postal service, perhaps it would not be in the shape it is in. there are long-term structural changes in the economy and with the internet where people do not need to use the postal service as much as they did in the past. the agency is still operating under a regulatory framework and expectations that go back decades. h
i exclusively use the united states postal service or all of my packages and parcels because i am proud of my country and i am not a fancy man. i sent five cards a year to relatives and close friends. i'm also a cigar aficionado. senator coburn is pushing the envelope when he criticizes the postmaster general. i think this guy is doing fine. i elected this man. i want to know what you think is the problem. this guy has a twitter account. he is communicating over the cheapest means possible. i...
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a veteran, he served in the united states air force for eight years. after being honorably discharged, he settled with his family in riverside where he worked for the united states postal service for over 30 years, eventually becoming the assistant postmaster. never to sit idly by, amil was involved in local organizations, he was president of the riverside naacp chapter and served on the board of the greater riverside urban league. later, he decided to run for public office and was elected to the riverside city council in 1994, becoming one of the first african-american city councilmembers in our city's history. ring his tenure, amil showed unparallel passion toward improving our community. riverside is lucky to have had such a remarkable and dedicated push servant like amil moore. i am incredibly proud that he came to riverside and that our city was where he fulfilled his dreams. he will be missed. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recog
a veteran, he served in the united states air force for eight years. after being honorably discharged, he settled with his family in riverside where he worked for the united states postal service for over 30 years, eventually becoming the assistant postmaster. never to sit idly by, amil was involved in local organizations, he was president of the riverside naacp chapter and served on the board of the greater riverside urban league. later, he decided to run for public office and was elected to...
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the growth in ups in the united states postal office will be packages. it is pretty obvious. in my life i spent a lot more clicking than i do driving. the growth area, answer this question for me. to go downng less that last mile? paying less to go down the last mile than i am? aren't they using us for the last mile of delivery? aren't they using our competitors? >> yes. it is called parcel select. do they get it cheaper than i get it? >> there is no real access for you to have it on that product unless you actually bring it to the post office. in sending a package to a friend in rural missouri, is might cost more expensive or ive then you charge your competitors? >> different products. that takes advantage of our whole network. we process it. we transport. we deliver it. is they bring mail into the zip code, drop it with us. portion ofa small the work. you do not charge them the entire amount. i am worried that we're not seeing them as a competitor. we are seeing them as a customer. they are surfing off the most important part of our architecture. they're using the part that
the growth in ups in the united states postal office will be packages. it is pretty obvious. in my life i spent a lot more clicking than i do driving. the growth area, answer this question for me. to go downng less that last mile? paying less to go down the last mile than i am? aren't they using us for the last mile of delivery? aren't they using our competitors? >> yes. it is called parcel select. do they get it cheaper than i get it? >> there is no real access for you to have it...
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higgins: madam speaker, the united states postal service continues to try to fix themselves financially with service cuts that will undermine the agency's viability, not strengthen it. i am pleased to be a co-sponsor of my colleague, congresswoman rosa delauro's legislation to protect overnight delivery act, to prevent the postal service from weakening service standards. eliminating overnight delivery would threaten hundreds of postal services across the nation, including the william street facility in my western new york community. mr. speaker, while the postal service is certainly in need of reform, this is the wrong way to do it. once again, the postal service is making ill-conceived decisions that hurt both workers and consumers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. roby: thank you, madam sp
higgins: madam speaker, the united states postal service continues to try to fix themselves financially with service cuts that will undermine the agency's viability, not strengthen it. i am pleased to be a co-sponsor of my colleague, congresswoman rosa delauro's legislation to protect overnight delivery act, to prevent the postal service from weakening service standards. eliminating overnight delivery would threaten hundreds of postal services across the nation, including the william street...
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the united states postal service is an american institution. dating back to the founding of our nation when it was enshrined in article 1 of the constitution. and saturday delivery has been part of that tradition for the past 150 years. the men and women who don the blue uniform of the usps are visible in every street in every community. at a recent "washington post" story recounted, mail carriers have been known to report crimes, detect gas leaks, and check on the elderly. many serve the same routes for years, taking note of the comings and goes in their -- goings in their neighborhoods and offering a set of watchful eyes. they are the first responders in many of these communities. eliminating saturday mail service would result in the layoff of more than 50,000 letter carriers. . this only exacerbates this problem. suppose savings would clearly be offset if these unemployed middle-class workers then need federal assistance to make ends meet. upon closer inspection, the economic case for eliminating saturday delivery is specious at best. the po
the united states postal service is an american institution. dating back to the founding of our nation when it was enshrined in article 1 of the constitution. and saturday delivery has been part of that tradition for the past 150 years. the men and women who don the blue uniform of the usps are visible in every street in every community. at a recent "washington post" story recounted, mail carriers have been known to report crimes, detect gas leaks, and check on the elderly. many serve...
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he is with the united states postal services. he is the deputy chief inspector of the western field offices. he is responsible for the management of nine field divisions throughout the western united states. his duties include providing strategic planning, program guidance and policy interpretation for all criminal and security programs, including programs to involve mail theft, and child exploitation. deputy chief campeau has learned -- deputy chief campbell has a behavioral degree because a degree in behavioral sciences. chukar wood, who you heard from this morning, is the acting director of the bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission. he previously served as the deputy director in the bureau of consumer protection and before that served for 20 years as the director of the ftc's northwest regional office in seattle where he led law enforcement efforts with consumer education efforts involving a large variety -- he joined the ftc after six years on a u.s. senate committee. he is a graduate of -- john is the
he is with the united states postal services. he is the deputy chief inspector of the western field offices. he is responsible for the management of nine field divisions throughout the western united states. his duties include providing strategic planning, program guidance and policy interpretation for all criminal and security programs, including programs to involve mail theft, and child exploitation. deputy chief campeau has learned -- deputy chief campbell has a behavioral degree because a...
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our first panel member is gregory campbell, and the united states postal inspector. he is the deputy chief inspector of the western field offices. he is responsible for the management of nine field divisions throughout the western united states. duties include providing strategic planning, program guidance and policy interpretation for criminal and security programs. deputy chief campbell has earned his ph.d. in management from walden university. he has a master's in behavioral science and his b a in sociology from california state university dominguez hills. chuck who you heard from this morning is the acting director of cfpb. he served as the deputy director in the bureau of consumer protection. and was director of the northwest regional office of ftc where he led efforts involving a wide variety of antitrust and consumer protection issues. he joined the ftc in 1989. he is a graduate of whitman c ollege. john rush is deputy chief of strategy and policy at the u.s. department of justice. he co-chairs the chairsmass fraud working group. he is a graduate of the univer
our first panel member is gregory campbell, and the united states postal inspector. he is the deputy chief inspector of the western field offices. he is responsible for the management of nine field divisions throughout the western united states. duties include providing strategic planning, program guidance and policy interpretation for criminal and security programs. deputy chief campbell has earned his ph.d. in management from walden university. he has a master's in behavioral science and his...
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we need today to examine the financial challenges facing the united states postal service, and to consider proposals that have been put forward to address those challenges. since i first joined this committee all those many years ago, actually, 12 years ago, as a freshman senator, what is my top goals have been to not just help the postal service get by, but to help its be strong once again and remain viable for the long term. i think that is a goal we share. back in 2006, i worked for senator collins, our house colleagues, it and the bush administration. a lot of our key stakeholders to give the postal service some of the tools that it would need to deal with the challenges posed by increasing use of electronic forms of communication. time ito idea at the was the worst recession since the great depression just run a corner, and that it along with the growing use of e-mail, electronic bill pay, and other communication innovations would so dramatically road mail logging. today, as i mentioned before the committee hearing, we find ourselves close to losing the vital service that the postal s
we need today to examine the financial challenges facing the united states postal service, and to consider proposals that have been put forward to address those challenges. since i first joined this committee all those many years ago, actually, 12 years ago, as a freshman senator, what is my top goals have been to not just help the postal service get by, but to help its be strong once again and remain viable for the long term. i think that is a goal we share. back in 2006, i worked for senator...
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i helped negotiate contracts years ago between the united states government and the than 800,000 or 850,000 postal workers. who by the way at the time were at the top of their game. the postal service was coming along and coming out of the government and providing goods and services. today they have been shrunk because of the issues of new technology. because of the issues in new ways of communicating. because of the new ways of paying bills and spending money. the reason i point that out is because i have a lot of experience and because you need to see what happens. they still have all of those pension liabilities. all of them. if you have half the number of people taking in that you had paying him before, -- paying him before, that is a mountain that is too high. it was done by the old geezers. all of the new yorker guys should know. they went out to look at this. they went out to look at what are the burdens on the state? the federal government can print money. they can go bankrupt, but states cannot go bankrupt. first of all, what are the pension liabilities? the idea is to look broadly
i helped negotiate contracts years ago between the united states government and the than 800,000 or 850,000 postal workers. who by the way at the time were at the top of their game. the postal service was coming along and coming out of the government and providing goods and services. today they have been shrunk because of the issues of new technology. because of the issues in new ways of communicating. because of the new ways of paying bills and spending money. the reason i point that out is...
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i've co-sponsored h r. 717, reuniting families act, to enable people in the united states to be reunited with family members abroad, co-sponsored house resolution 47 which tchainls postal service to adopt a commemorative holiday. saturday's dinner will have the dinner for the foundation's supporters. i look forward to attending the gala and hearing from my colleague here in the house, ms. gabard of hawaii, the first hindu to be elected to congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek ecognition 1234? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, after 9/11 september became national awareness month. to prepare for disasters and emergencies in their own businesses and communities. recent events such as hurricane sandy, boston marathon bombing, the west texas plant explosion, deadly tornadoes in oklahoma and flooding in my own district reinforced the need for preparedness planning. mr. brooks: as chair of the homeland subcommittee on emergencied preparedness communications
i've co-sponsored h r. 717, reuniting families act, to enable people in the united states to be reunited with family members abroad, co-sponsored house resolution 47 which tchainls postal service to adopt a commemorative holiday. saturday's dinner will have the dinner for the foundation's supporters. i look forward to attending the gala and hearing from my colleague here in the house, ms. gabard of hawaii, the first hindu to be elected to congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields...
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if the postal service is paid for medicare, where the second largest insurer in the united states, and it is paid for by our employees and by your postage rates. it is irresponsible for me to say we should not make people go on medicare. every other company does. that is what we should do. we should have a system set up that if a person is on medicare they're not carrying a fully- loaded federal health care system which would be today. there is no wraparound plants in the federal system. that is what we need to chase this, ok? that is what the federal system should be changed, but just the postal service, so you can actually pay for what you should be paying for. our retirees will save a ton of money with the plan because instead of having to pay for a portion of a $12,000 plan, it will pay for a portion of a $5,000 or $6,000 plan. if you take that over the course of 500,000 retirees, that adds up to a lot of money. that issue is fixable. when is not fixable is that at the pain bills online is free. we will lose another $5 billion worth of single-piece mail, and cannot stop that. that
if the postal service is paid for medicare, where the second largest insurer in the united states, and it is paid for by our employees and by your postage rates. it is irresponsible for me to say we should not make people go on medicare. every other company does. that is what we should do. we should have a system set up that if a person is on medicare they're not carrying a fully- loaded federal health care system which would be today. there is no wraparound plants in the federal system. that...
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states of america. a cuts our freedom away from us. -- it cuts our freedom away from us. danger,u spoke to the what do you mean by that? know whatu never those packages will contain, do you? senator released a statement on this topic on monday, it was a response to the "60 minutes" story. that is a statement released to the amazon story. ohio on from columbus, our support line. why do you supported to? -- why do you support it? it is good if you can make it all electric. i agree with the last couple about privacy and security. if you make the electric, you can make it -- you can get past the security issues. host: why specifically with electric? is a pollution and a can cause more damage if it crashes. pleasantville, new jersey, oppose line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: you are on, go ahead. said, theye he just .ay and could boost the economy so i agree. but at the same time it is not for sure that this is what they are going to do. promises, promises. what they're going to do, what they co
states of america. a cuts our freedom away from us. -- it cuts our freedom away from us. danger,u spoke to the what do you mean by that? know whatu never those packages will contain, do you? senator released a statement on this topic on monday, it was a response to the "60 minutes" story. that is a statement released to the amazon story. ohio on from columbus, our support line. why do you supported to? -- why do you support it? it is good if you can make it all electric. i agree with...
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united states and it is paid for by our employees and by your postage rates. it's irresponsible to say we shouldn't make people go off medicare. that's what we should do. and have it set up that if a person is on medicine area they're not carrying a fully loaded federal health care system. that's why the federal system should be changed, not just the postal service, so that you can actually pay for what you should be paying for. our retirees will save a ton of money with this plan. instead of having to pay for a portion of a $12,000 plan. they'll pay for a portion of a $5,000 or $6,000 plan. over the course of 500,000 retear rows that adds up to a lot of unmoney. that issue is fixable. what is not fixable is the fact that paying bills online is free. we'll lose another $5 billion worth of single-piece mail and we can't stop that. that's why we've said instead of let us out from this responsibility, let us take the responsibility and do it in the right way, own our own health care plan, focus on packages, set up health care retirement plans for people in the fu
united states and it is paid for by our employees and by your postage rates. it's irresponsible to say we shouldn't make people go off medicare. that's what we should do. and have it set up that if a person is on medicine area they're not carrying a fully loaded federal health care system. that's why the federal system should be changed, not just the postal service, so that you can actually pay for what you should be paying for. our retirees will save a ton of money with this plan. instead of...